Handouts

Below are some documents that we hand out or that appear on this website and which you may find helpful.  Click on them to download or open. 

If you are an alum who needs their NetID extended to view Box documents please email prehealth@duke.edu from a non Duke email and ask for your NetID to be extended.

Beginning

• Prehealth Tips for Fall Classes 2020 (to help you choose your first classes)
• Prehealth Guide for 1st and 2nd Year Students 2020 (handed out during Info Session during Orientation)

Planning

• Trinity Prehealth Planning Worksheet
• Pratt Prehealth Planning Worksheet
• AP Credit and Medical Schools
• BCPM Duke Course Classification Guide
• Sample Schedules
• HPA MCAT Tips
• Considerations When Crafting Your Gap Year(s) Experience
• Gap Year Planning Resources Fall 2020
• Fall 2020 Gap Year Bootcamp video and powerpoint slides.
• Fall 2020 Gap Year Planning Lab Materials
  • Post-baccalaureate Programs
  • Finding Research Opportunities
  • Coming soon! Finding Clinical & Service Opportunities
• Pre-Pharmacy Planning Guide
• Pre-Physician Assistant Planning Guide

Setting goals and finding experiences

• Core Competencies
• How to Find Health Care Experiences
• How to Find Community Service Experiences
• How to Find Research Opportunities
• Fall 2020 Pulse Check Recording & Handout

Preparing to Apply

• Slides from Application Kickoff Session (Nov 2019/Jan 2020)
• RMA Form for 2021M
• Reapplicant 2021M Form  
• Assessing Candidacy 2021M(audio) slides & self assessment worksheet (Nov 2019/Jan 2020)
• RMA Lab 2021M slides & RMA Lab Handout (Nov 2019/Jan 2020)
• Predental Essay Questions (Spring 2019)
• School Selection Workshop video, slides & School Selection Planning document (Spring 2020)
• Personal Statement Workshop & Reader Information (Spring 2020)
• 2021M Guide for Duke Students & Alumni Applying to Medical School
• Instructions & Tips for Letter Writers
• Fall 2020 Interviewing 101 PowerPoint & Fall 2020 Interviewing 101 Zoom
• Interview Tips
• Interview Attire
• Questions You Might Be Asked in Interviews
• MMI Interview Resources

Resources

Duke Resources

We have a variety of resources that are available only to Duke students and Duke alumni.

• Health Professions Advising Office
• Undergraduate Research Support Office
• Academic Resource Center
• Career Center
• Directors of Academic Engagement
• HPA's ListServ

NOTE: If you are an alumni whose NET ID has been deactivated, please email prehealth@duke.edu from a non-Duke email address to have it reactivated.

National Resources for Students

• ExploreHealthCareers.org
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• American Association of Colleges for Osteopathic Medicine
• American Dental Education Association
• Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
• Physician Assistant Education Association
• PA Focus 
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
• American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy